Strategic core change, faultlines and team flux: insight from punctuated equilibrium model
Journal of Organizational Change Management
ISSN: 0953-4814
Article publication date: 13 February 2017
Abstract
Purpose
Combining the punctuated equilibrium theory with the faultline theory, the purpose of this paper is to focus on member change of strategic core role holders in teams.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors test the model using data from 30 National Basketball Association teams covering 11 regular seasons, carrying out regression analyses.
Findings
This research illustrates how different types of job-related skills of core role holders that involved in member change might influence the team performance loss, and how team demographic faultlines would serve as a moderator.
Practical implications
This research demonstrates that punctuational change in a team is not always bad, flux in coordination and team performance loss could be avoided by staffing strategic core role based on specific job-related skill levels and manipulating team composition based on demographic attributes.
Originality/value
The research model initially provides an integrated perspective of member change, core role and faultline theory to explain the team process for punctuational change.
Keywords
Citation
Zhang, Y., Liang, Q. and Fan, P. (2017), "Strategic core change, faultlines and team flux: insight from punctuated equilibrium model", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 30 No. 1, pp. 54-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-01-2016-0003
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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